ZBTB20 is required for anterior pituitary development and lactotrope specification

ZBTB20 is required for anterior pituitary development and lactotrope specification

The pituitary is a complex structure with the anterior lobe containing five specialized cell types secreting different hormones. Here Cao et al. unravel a role for ZBTB20 in pituitary development and specifically in lactrotrope specification.

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Main Authors: Dongmei Cao, Xianhua Ma, Jiao Cai, Jing Luan, An-Jun Liu, Rui Yang, Yi Cao, Xiaotong Zhu, Hai Zhang, Yu-Xia Chen, Yuguang Shi, Guang-Xia Shi, Dajin Zou, Xuetao Cao, Michael J. Grusby, Zhifang Xie, Weiping J. Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11121

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https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11121

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